The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-10
LINCOLN MANUSCRIPTS.
Letters OF Lincoln, Cameron, Greedy ana
Seward, Now First Published.

LINCOLN TO L. B. wAsHBURNE, DECEMBER Il,
1860.
my Dear Sir-Last night | received
your letter giving an account OF your in
teryiew with Gen. Scott, and for which |
thank you. Please present my respects to
the general, and tell him, confdentially, |
shall be obliged TO him to be as well pre-
pared as he can TO either hold or retake the
forts, as the case may require at and after
the Inauguration. "Yours as ever,
A. LINCOLN"
SIMON CAMERON TO LINCOLN, JANUARY 5,
1861.
~ have seen Gen Scott, who bids Inc
say he will he glad TO act under yourorders
in all ways to preserve the Union. liesays
Mr. Buchanan ut last called on him TO see
that order shall be preserved at the inau-
guration, in this District; that for this pur-
pose he has ordered here two companies OF
flying artillery, and that he will organize
the militia and have himself sworn in as q
constable. The old warrior is reused, and
he will be equal TO the OCCASION"
GREELEY TO LINCOLN, DECEMBER %, 1860.
''If the seeding State or States go to
fighting or deiying the laws, the Union
being yet undissolved save by their own
say so, ! guess they will have 10 be made
10 behave themselves. j lear
nothing, care for nothing but another dis.
graceful back down OF the free States.
That is the only real danger. Let the
Union slidc-it may be reconstructed; let
the President be assassinated-wc can
elect more; let the Republicans dedicated
and Crushed-wc shall rise again. But
another nasty compromise, whereby every
thing is conceded and nothing secured,
will SO thoroughly disgrace and humiliatc
ns that We can never again raise our
heads, and this country becomes a second
edition OF the Barbary States Us they were
sixty yeas ago. Take any form but
| that.
LINCOLN TO wa. KELLOGG, DECEMBER, IL,
1850.
ENTERTAIN no proposition for compro-
mise in regard 20 The extension OF slavery.
The instant You do they have us under
again, all our labor is lost, and sooner or
later must bp done over. Douglas is sure
TO be again trying 10 bring in his Popular
| Sovereignty Have none Uf IL. The tug
| has 10 come, and better now than later.
You know think the fugitive slave clause
| OF the constitution ought 10 be iniorCcd to
put IL in its mildost form, ought not 10 be
/ resisted
| SEWARD To LINCOLN, DECEMBER, 20, 1860.
81 met on Monday my Republican rs.
socrates on the committee oi thirteen, and
aitcrward the whole committee. With the
unanimous consent OF our section offered
three propositions, which seemed to nae 10
cover the ground of the suggestion made
10y you, through Mr.. Weed, rs | under
stood it,
81. That the constitution should never
he altered ~ as Ia authorize Congress 10
abolish or interfere with slavery In the
States. This was accepted.
-. That the fugitive slave law should
bc amended by granting jury trial to the
| fugitive. This, in opposition to our votes,
was amended 80 ~ To give the jury in the
state from which the fugitive fled, and "a
amended WIS voted down by our own
VOTES. The committee had already agreed
To Mr.. Crittcndcn's amendment concern.
ing the fees Of the commissioner, making
them the same when the fugitive Is ~.
turned TO slavery ~ when he Is discharged.
"Our third resolution was that Congress
recommend 10 all the States 30 revise thcir
legislation concerning persons recently
resident in other States, and 20 repeal all
such laws which contmvenc the cOnstitu
\ ,tj9p N tbe United States, or any law oI
Cohgrcss passed in pursuance thereof
This WIS rejected by the pro-slayery vote
of the committee.
To-day we have had another meeting
| offered, with the concurrence OF my 30,
litical associates, fourth proposition, viz:
That Congress should pass a law to punish
inyasions OF our States and conspinlcies o.
effect such inyasions, but the latter only in
tho State nnd district where the acts oil
such completely were committed. This, by
the votes Oi our opponents, was amended
so M 10 carry out Mr. Douglas suggestion
Of last winter for the revival OF the old Sc
dition law Of John Adams time, and thi,
was rejected by our own votes.
| 81 add very respectfully, my own opin
ion on tho probable future. The United
States OF America, their constitution, thcii
capital, their organization in all It's depart
mcnts, and with all its military and naya
forces, will stand and pas, without rcsisianc,
into your hands There will be- several
perhaps all, OF the slave States standing IN
n contumacous attitude ON the 4ih o
March. Scdition will be- growing weaker
and loyalty stronger every day from th,
acts OF secession as they occur"
SEWARD TO LINCOLN, DECEMBER -, 1890
at length have gotten n position il
which can see what II going on IN ia,
councils Of the President II pains me {,
hear that things there arr even wunsC than
il understood. The President il dcbainl
day and night on the question whether h,
shall not recall Mai. Anderson and surrrn
der Fort Sumter and 90 ON anning IN,
south. A plot Is forming to seize th,
capital on or hpiurp ihc 9Th oi Mrrh, ana
this. too, has its accompliccs in the publ,
cnunils could tell you more pariicu
larry than dare write. but you must mo-
Imagine that ] am giving you suspicion
and rumors. Believe me that ! know
what write In point Of fact, the ~
spousibilitics " your administration mus
begin before the time arrives"
LINCOLN To SEWARD, FEBRUARY 81, 1861
III say now, however. rs have all III,
while said. that ON the territorial question
that Is. the question Of extending SLAYER,
under the national auspices | am inhcxi
bic am Tor no compromise which ~
sisis on permits the extension NJ the insli
tuition ON soil owned by the nation. And
any trick by which the nation il TO ne
quirc territory, and then allow some locn
authority tn spread slavery, Is rs obnoxious
~ any other. take Il, that 10 effect som,
such rosuli ~ this, and 10 put us again on
the high mad To q slave cmpip,. is the oh,
jcct Of all these proposed compromises.
am against Il. As tn fugitive slaves, nia
trict Of Columbia, slave trade among IN,
slave StaioS and whnicvcrsprings Of ncers
sty iromMc fact that the institution !,
among ~, care hut little, 80 that what /,
done he comcly aud not altogether out
pgcous. Nor do care about New Mex
| iro, II further extension were hcdypd